The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-08
Farm Notes.

Fix that corn crib so that rats must stay
out, and don't you remember that at one end
the rain beat in last falls
1t takes longer to learn how to raise calf
well than it does to learn how to draw up
an indictment that will hold water.
Good blood is appreciated more and more
each year by those who purchase horses for
city purposes The farmer who has the best
bred animals to sell generally fares the best
"a good thing to think about as breeding
time approaches
The next boom in poultry, ''they say" is
to be in the white breeds Four new candi-
dates for favor are named sWyandotte, Ply
mouth Rock, Langshan and Minorca. There
are many other breeds, among which Dork-
ing ranks high as table fowl.
Grape vines bear transplanting thus after
the leaves appear with remarkable success,
continuing growing as though undisturbed
At such a time young roots have formed
often two inches in length. These would
perish with the slightest exposure, but when
puddled and planted with care not one in
thousand should die.
An easy way to pack dressed poultry for
market is to lay the birds in uniform rows,
heads toward the sides of the box and breasts
up. A very little clean wheat straw may
separate the layers, but some packers use
nothing. Fill the boxes so full that it will
require little pressure to force the covers
down. Address to q trusty agent or COM
mission dealer.
There is nothing, in the opinion of the
California Cdckter, that may be grown
more cheaply or abundantly, or that is bet
ter relished by the fowls, than alfalfa. A
plat once established seems to defy destruc-
ton, so far as cutting back is concerned;
and as green range there is nothing that
ed i'll our breeding pens and yards for young
chicks, has been most satisfactory.
The best of roots for the horse in winter
is the carrot. Enough should be provided
to give two or three messes q week, though
where they are plenty still better plan is
to feed some every day with oats or other
grain, the ration of which may be proper
tionately diminished. To buy them they
are generally as dear as oats, but may be
grown for much less cost, good crop of
carrots yielding 200 to 600 OF 500 bushels per
acre, according as the small OF large varie-
ties are grown.
The benefits of pudding trees are mani
fest A fruit grower had thousands of trees
and vines this spring that had begun to leaf
out. He dug deep hole and made thick
mixture therein of clay and water, thick as
cream. The roots of trees and the like were
dipped therein, without moments expos
ure, and planted Immediately. The fine
earth chung to the muddy roots and, though
the soil was rather dry when planted and
no rain for two weeks, the leaves were fresh
and the planting a success. Without this
pudding it would have been a failure.
The Ohio Poultry Journal contends that
no greater mistake can be made than to re-
tain a sick hen in yard with healthful
fowls Provided the disease itself is not
| contagious there is danger just the same,
and it comes from lice, which are sure to
breed on a fowl out of condition much
| sooner than on vigorous birds. One reason
is that the sick fowl does not take dust
bath as the well ones do. This is the thing
which will free fowls from vermin and
without which they are sure to be infested
Parsnips are often left in the ground
| through the winter and come out fresh in
| the spring, but we prefer to pull the larger
| portion i'll the fall that they may be used in
| the winter. Those left out begin to grow
| and make new fibrous roots very early in
| the spring; and all such growth, like the
| sprouting of potatoes in the cellar, injuries
| their quality for the table The parsnip is
| a root that is not appreciated as it should be
by farmers in general 1t is very rich
vegetable and is esteemed by many as highly
as the potato. Parsnips are easily and quickly
cooked, either by boiling or baking. They
are excellent sliced, or halved lengthwise,
and fried on a buttered griddle.